5th Circuit: Unfair Trade Practice Claims Against R.J. Reynolds Are Time-Barred

Mealey's (July 16, 2019, 7:20 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The continuing tort doctrine did not apply to unfair trade practice and tortious interference with business claims brought by a wholesale distributor in Louisiana against R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co. related to the tobacco company’s rebate payment system, the Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed July 10 in an unpublished opinion (Caldwell Wholesale Co. LLC v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., No. 18-30707, 5th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 20764)....